Art (encompassing art history,
studio art and architecture) has ranked among the top three most popular
majors at Smith since at least the 1950s. Following is a selected
list of Smith graduates who have gone on to distinguished careers
in the visual arts:

Dorothy
Miller Cahill '25: Renowned curator of paintings and
sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York

Rita
Rich Fraad '37: Collector; owner of one of the finest
private collections of American art

Grace
Farrar Knowlton '54: Sculptor, painter, photographer;
works are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, Corcoran Gallery and Victoria and Albert
Museum, among many others

Lucy
Lippard '58: Cultural critic; author of numerous articles,
essays and books, including "Mixed Blessings:
New Art in a Multicultural America" and "On
the Beaten Track: Tourism, Art and Place"

Janet
Fish '60: Contemporary realist painter; works are in
the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the
Art Institute of Chicago, among many others

Angelica
Zander Rudenstine '63 (M.A.): Art historian and curator;
program officer for museums and conservation, Andrew
W. Mellon Foundation; has curated several major exhibitions
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery
and the Museum of Modern Art

Sandy
Skoglund '68: Internationally known installation artist
and photographer; among the most noted of her large-scale
'staged environments' are "Radioactive Cats," "Walking
on Eggshells" and "The Cocktail Party"

Diana
E. E. Kleiner '69: Dunham Professor of Classics and
the History of Art, and deputy provost for the arts,
Yale University; a well-known scholar of Roman art;
author of numerous books and articles on Roman art
and its political and social context

Jane
Shoaf Turner '78: As editor of the influential "Dictionary
of Art," Turner, an art historian, heads an editorial
team of some 90 art historians and other specialists;
also edits "The Grove Art Series," "The
Grove Library of World Art," and "The Grove
Dictionary of Art Online"

Thelma
Golden '87: Deputy director for exhibitions and programs,
Studio Museum, Harlem; well known for her groundbreaking
and controversial 1995 exhibit at the Whitney Museum
titled "Black Male: Representations of Masculinity
in Contemporary American Art"